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Child serial killer Lucy Letby to bring further conviction appeal bid next month
Judges will consider the case at a hearing on October 24, according to court listings.
www.independent.co.uk
Child serial killer Lucy Letby is set to pursue a challenge against her most recent conviction at the Court of Appeal next month.
Judges will consider the case at a hearing on October 24, according to court listings.
R -v- Letby - Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
Neutral Citation Number: [2024] EWCA Crim 1278Case No: 202402750 B4 In the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)On appeal from the Crown Court at Manchester 24 October 2024 Before: Lord Justice William Davis Lord Justice Jeremy Baker andMrs Justice McGowan Between: R -v- Lucy Letby
The whole Appeal hearing:
Selected quotes from the link:
From 1.16.19:
NICHOLAS JOHNSON KC: Another part of the context was that in the retrial Lucy Letby could have called medical evidence in the retrial, to establish that she was not guilty of the 14 offences of which she had been convicted. By the time the retrial started, nine months had passed since the convictions, and yet she chose not to call that evidence. She could have called it, she chose not to. And so it follows that the learned judge, we submit, was ruling on an application to stay knowing that this applicant wasn’t even raising an evidential issue backed up with evidence, concerning her convictions.
LORD JUSTICE WILLIAM DAVIS: Well, I assume he knew that when she was to give evidence she was to say ‘I did not commit any of these crimes’.
NICHOLAS JOHNSON KC: Absolutely My Lord.
LORD JUSTICE WILLIAM DAVIS: But your point is, that’s the only evidence she relied on to discharge the burden that was on her to demonstrate she was not guilty.
NICHOLAS JOHNSON KC: Precisely My Lord, and in this context, given that the burden passes on the balance of probabilities to a defendant to disprove the convictions, any sensible dispute about the convictions necessarily, we would submit, would have had to have involved calling medical evidence.
Selected quotes from the link:
From 1.16.19:
NICHOLAS JOHNSON KC: Another part of the context was that in the retrial Lucy Letby could have called medical evidence in the retrial, to establish that she was not guilty of the 14 offences of which she had been convicted. By the time the retrial started, nine months had passed since the convictions, and yet she chose not to call that evidence. She could have called it, she chose not to. And so it follows that the learned judge, we submit, was ruling on an application to stay knowing that this applicant wasn’t even raising an evidential issue backed up with evidence, concerning her convictions.
LORD JUSTICE WILLIAM DAVIS: Well, I assume he knew that when she was to give evidence she was to say ‘I did not commit any of these crimes’.
NICHOLAS JOHNSON KC: Absolutely My Lord.
LORD JUSTICE WILLIAM DAVIS: But your point is, that’s the only evidence she relied on to discharge the burden that was on her to demonstrate she was not guilty.
NICHOLAS JOHNSON KC: Precisely My Lord, and in this context, given that the burden passes on the balance of probabilities to a defendant to disprove the convictions, any sensible dispute about the convictions necessarily, we would submit, would have had to have involved calling medical evidence.
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Cheshire Police said tonight: ‘We can confirm that, following agreement, Lucy Letby has recently been interviewed in prison under caution in relation to the ongoing investigation into baby deaths and non-fatal collapses at the Countess of Chester Hospital and the Liverpool Women’s Hospital. Further updates will follow.’
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Dr Rachel Lambie, who worked as a registrar at the Countess, has also told the hearings, before Lady Justice Thirlwall, that around a fortnight before Baby A died another ‘very, very unusual event’ occurred on the ward.
Although she didn’t go into details, the doctor confirmed she has since given a statement to detectives about the incident.
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According to the BBC, babies suffered potentially life-threatening incidents on almost a third of the 33 shifts she worked while training at the Liverpool Trust.
www.dailymail.co.uk
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Dr Rachel Lambie, who worked as a registrar at the Countess, has also told the hearings, before Lady Justice Thirlwall, that around a fortnight before Baby A died another ‘very, very unusual event’ occurred on the ward.
Although she didn’t go into details, the doctor confirmed she has since given a statement to detectives about the incident.
[...]
According to the BBC, babies suffered potentially life-threatening incidents on almost a third of the 33 shifts she worked while training at the Liverpool Trust.
Lucy Letby quizzed over MORE baby murders
The killer nurse was quizzed under caution over unexpected deaths and collapses of infants at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
Article dated 2nd July 2025 -
"In a statement, a CPS spokesman said: “We can confirm that we have received a full file of evidence from Cheshire Constabulary asking us to consider further allegations in relation to deaths and non-fatal collapses of babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital and Liverpool Women’s Hospital.
“We will now carefully consider the evidence to determine whether any further criminal charges should be brought.
“As always, we will make that decision independently, based on the evidence and in line with our legal test.”
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It has been reported consideration of any new charges will involve the Government’s most senior lawyers, including Stephen Parkinson, the director of public prosecutions, and Attorney General Lord Hermer KC."
"In a statement, a CPS spokesman said: “We can confirm that we have received a full file of evidence from Cheshire Constabulary asking us to consider further allegations in relation to deaths and non-fatal collapses of babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital and Liverpool Women’s Hospital.
“We will now carefully consider the evidence to determine whether any further criminal charges should be brought.
“As always, we will make that decision independently, based on the evidence and in line with our legal test.”
[...]
It has been reported consideration of any new charges will involve the Government’s most senior lawyers, including Stephen Parkinson, the director of public prosecutions, and Attorney General Lord Hermer KC."
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